península

//pɨ.ˈnĩ.su.lɐ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,383

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

península is aPortuguesenoun. It means: porção de terra cercada de águas por todos os lados, com exceção de um, por onde mantém ligação com o continente Pronounced /pɨ.ˈnĩ.su.lɐ/. It ranks #9,383 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for península
PropertyValue
Headwordpenínsula
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨ.ˈnĩ.su.lɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,383
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of península in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for península is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈnĩ.su.lɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,383 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for península, with forms such as "epnínsula", "pennínsula", and "pennísula". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is península, spelled P-E-N-Í-N-S-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    porção de terra cercada de águas por todos os lados, com exceção de um, por onde mantém ligação com o continente
  2. 2
    quersoneso

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epnínsula,pennínsula,pennísula,penínnsula,penínslua,penínssula,penínsual,penínsulla,penínusla,penísnula,peínnsula,pneínsula,ppenínsula

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for península

Misspelling Variants of "península"

epnínsula9pennínsula10pennísula9penínnsula10penínslua9penínssula10penínsual9penínsulla10
Misspelling Variants of "península"

Frequency rank: #9,383 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "península"?
"península" is spelled P-E-N-Í-N-S-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈnĩ.su.lɐ/.
What does "península" mean?
As a noun, "península" means: porção de terra cercada de águas por todos os lados, com exceção de um, por onde mantém ligação com o continente
What are common misspellings of "península"?
Common misspellings include "epnínsula", "pennínsula", "pennísula", "penínnsula", "penínslua". The correct spelling is "península".
How do you pronounce "península"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "península" is /pɨ.ˈnĩ.su.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "península" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.